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1st West Nile virus death in Sac Co. comes as spraying begins

The same day officials confirmed the first death as a result of the West Nile virus in Sacramento County, two days of spraying for the virus is set to begin in an effort to kill mosquitoes infected by West Nile virus in Davis and Woodland.

The same day officials confirmed the first death as a result of the West Nile virus in Sacramento County, two days of spraying for the virus is set to begin in an effort to kill mosquitoes infected by West Nile virus in Davis and Woodland.

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Updated: 6:27 PM PDT Aug 6, 2014

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WEBVTT NEXT 20-30 MINUTES, AND THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH THIS, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED THROUGHOUT NEXT HALF HOUR. THANKS. A SACRAMENTO COUNTY WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER COMING DOWN WITH WEST NILE VIRUS, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, CITIES, NOT JUST FARMS, ARE BEING SPRAYED TO KILL MOSQUITOES. THE FIRST TWO WEST NILE DEATHS THIS YEAR, AND ONE IS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. A TYPE OF STRAIN WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN YEARS IN YOLO COUNTY. SHAROKINA SHAMS JOINS US FROM DAVIS. TONIGHT AT 9:00, AERIAL SPRAY WILL BE OVER WOODLAND AND DAVIS, AND WE ARE HERE AT THE DAVIS FARMERS MARKET, AND THIS WAS PLANNED BEFORE THE DEATH BLAMED ON WEST NILE VIRUS, BUT THERE ARE MIXED FEELINGS HERE AT THE FARMERS MARKET ABOUT SPRAYING IN THIS BUSY, URBAN AREA. AS OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO SEE MORE WEST NILE VIRUS, THERE WAS GRIM NEWS. A 74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED OF THE DISEASE. THEY SAY SHE HAD A PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITION. AN UNDERLYING CONDITION, A CHRONIC ILLNESS, AND THE WEST NILE VIRUS HIT HARDER. SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY ARE FIGHTING THE VIRUS RIGHT NOW, AND MOSQUITO CONTROL SAYS THAT IS NOT A SURPRISE. WEST NILE VIRUS IS UP IN SAMPLES. WE ARE COLLECTING A LOT OF WATER IN CONTAINERS THAT WERE NOT MEANT FOR WATER, SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OTHER THINGS, AND WHILE THEY WERE COLLECTING THE WATER, THEY ARE ALSO BREEDING MOSQUITOES. RUSE WILL SPRAY TONIGHT IN YOLO COUNTY, -- CREWS WILL SPRAY, BUT THIS TIME ON CITY STREETS AND OVER THE FARMERS MARKET, WHICH IS CLOSING EARLY. SPRAYING WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER WOODLAND, AND WHILE IT OFFICIALLY STARTS AT 8:00 P.M. AND CAN LAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT, THE FARMERS MARKET MANAGERS WERE TOLD THIS SPRAYING WILL BE PUT OFF UNTIL 9:00. THIS WILL ACTUALLY WORK OUT GREAT. WE SHOULD HAVE THE MARKET VACATED BY 9:00. NOW, THE DEATH IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT STATEWIDE, THE NUMBER OF HUMAN CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS

1st West Nile virus death in Sac Co. comes as spraying begins

The same day officials confirmed the first death as a result of the West Nile virus in Sacramento County, two days of spraying for the virus is set to begin in an effort to kill mosquitoes infected by West Nile virus in Davis and Woodland.